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AIREX® C51 - Industrial Processing Foam

A closed-cell, polymer foam designed to meet the demanding requirements of high-volume industrial sandwich part production. The foam has a high elongation at break and shows good impact and fatigue properties. It can be formed at room temperature to simple shapes as well as thermoformed to complex 3- dimensional parts. The elevated temperature resistance allows short processing cycles with fast curing resin systems, including thermoplastic fibre reinforced skins (GMT) making it very suitable for mass-produced light-weight sandwich structures subjected to both static and dynamic loads in service.

Characteristics

Application

Processing

  • High impact resistance (non-brittle failure mode)
  • Elevated short-period temperature resistance
  • Cold and hot formable to 3-dimensional contours
  • Good fatigue resistance
  • Superior bond strength
  • Low resin absorption
  • Good sound and thermal insulation
  • Road and Rail
    Car bodies, headliners, deflectors, spoilers, seats, truck panels, side skirts, covers
  • Wind Energy
    Turbine generator housings
  • Industrial
    Containers, shelters, covers
  • Contact molding (hand/spray)
  • Compression moulding (GMT)
  • Thermoforming
  • Infusion
  • Resin injection (RTM)
  • Adhesive bonding
  • Pre-preg processing (up to 120°C, 250°F)

Please download the processing guidelines or visit our applications section for more information.

Our technical service will be happy to assist you with any further technical questions you might have.